<p><b>The maintenance bible for boatowners is fully updated and better than ever!</p></b><p>If it’s on a boat and it has screws, wires, or moving parts, it’s covered in <i>Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual</i>. When you leave the dock with this indispensable resource aboard, you have at your fingertips the best and most comprehensive advice on:</p><ul><li>Battery technologies, including recent developments in lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells</li><li>12- and 24-volt DC systems </li><li>Electric and hybrid propulsion </li><li>How to radically improve the energy efficiency of most boats </li><li>Corrosion, bonding, and lightning protection </li><li>Generators, inverters, battery chargers , wind and water generators, and solar power</li><li>Electric motors and electric lights </li><li>Marine electronics, including networking systems, antennas, and RFI </li><li>Diesel engines </li><li>Transmissions, shaft brakes, and propellers </li><li>Refrigeration and air-conditioning </li><li>Tanks, plumbing, and through-hulls </li><li>Pumps and watermakers </li><li>Steering, autopilots, and wind vanes </li><li>Stoves and heaters </li><li>Winches, windlasses, and bow thrusters </li><li>Spars, rigging, and roller reefing</li></ul>